>> On 30 May 97, Ray Wade wrote to All:
 >> RW> Lets do a roll call.
 >> RW> K5JCM is here.....who else?
 >> KF4ICR monitoring...
 JE>> Now, THAT'S old mail!  :=)
 ANCIENT mail....
 RW> Then let me get on mine! I absolutely *hate* to hear "
 RW> monitoring". What exactly, I wonder is that supposed to mean? I
 RW> understand that phrase is actually *taught* in amateur radio classes put
 I keep it simple as  listening which usually gets a conversation 
started on a `dead' repeater.
 As I only use one of the local repeaters and listen to it in the background 
when I'm working on something or the computer,I'm sort of `on-call' when the 
repeater trustee is doing a demo for his newest class of students or the 
amateur radio class is having a `show and tell' about repeaters.
 And friends looking for me know I only use the one repeater so if they call
me they get an answer or if they hear me they call me back.
 RW> wrong with "CQ" sez I. There is no doubt about the meaning of a "CQ". It
 RW> means "here I am, anybody wanna talk?" AAMOF that is exactly what I say
 If you were to say a CQ on a local repeater here you would be able to hear 
the crickets chirp in Montreal as an answer....
 Old fahrtz HATE it with a passion if anyone -dares- to us a q-code or a CQ 
n
any local repeater.
 To them its like fingernails on a blackboard.
 RW> I have *never* heard a new licensee say CQ on UHF or VHF. And I have
 RW> *never* heard an old timer say "monitoring" on *any* frequency.
 Most common phrase in Ottawa is "VE3??? or VE2???....listening."
 RW> " monitoring" is *almost* as bad as " destinated"
 RW> or "10-4, good buddy", IMHO!
 Destinated is a joke.
 Plain language "Gotta go,I'm where I have to be.." is fine for me.
 Getting into jargon and lingo only confuses things.
 ROGER!!? ;-)
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